Jose Mourinho’s Manchester United flops arrive at training for the inquest into thrashing at Chelsea
JOSE MOURINHO and his players looked despondent as they headed to their Carrington training base this morning.
It's thought the Manchester United boss will hold a heated inquest into his side's 4-0 thrashing by Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.
Goals from Pedro, Gary Cahill, Eden Hazard and N'Golo Kante saw Antonio Conte's side inflict Mourinho’s heaviest Premier League defeat.
The stats make for more horrific reading for the Portuguese boss who will have to consider the prospect of finishing his first season without the Premier League trophy in the Old Trafford cabinet.
It was 17 years ago the last time that Manchester United lost by four or more goals away from home in the Premier League – also against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge (October 3, 1999).
The 53-year-old stood in front of MUTV cameras last night to issue a 'heartfelt' apology to the fans after his side's miserable display.
"They kept going for 90 minutes in an unbelievable way, the fans that we have all around the world they are obviously with a very bad feeling and I feel so sorry for them," Mourinho said.
"I have to apologise for that and the only thing I can say is that I am Man United 100%, not 99% and 1% for Chelsea or any other club and because of that I feel deeply the situation."But there is only one answer, like I was telling the players, there is only one answer - training tomorrow and we fight on."
Chelsea boss Conte urged the Stamford Bridge faithful to increase volume as his side ran away with victory — a move which angered Special One.
Speaking in Italian, he said: “It’s my opinion, but you do it at 1-0 — not at 4-0.That’s humiliation for us.”
Fans, pundits and former players have piled on the pressure following the humiliating result. In a column for SunSport Alan Shearer weighed in suggesting he had "never seen Jose Mourniho look so embarrassed".
Red Gary Neville fired warning shots to United’s calamitous defenders. After commentating on the game for Sky Sports, Neville said: “Defensively he’ll drive a bus through them over the next few months, because he won’t accept that."